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I, the Lord, have called you in justice, and I have taken your hand and preserved you. And I have presented you as a covenant of the people, as a light to the Gentiles, (Isaiah 42, 6)
But this same people has robbed and laid waste. All their youth are a snare, and they have been hidden in houses of confinement. They have become victims; there is no one who may rescue them. They have been plundered; there is no one who may say, “Restore.” (Isaiah 42, 22)
Since then, you have become honorable in my eyes, and glorious. I have loved you, and I will present men on behalf of you, and people on behalf of your life. (Isaiah 43, 4)
Lead forth the people who are blind and have eyes, who are deaf and have ears. (Isaiah 43, 8)
You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and you are my servant, whom I have chosen, so that you may know, and may believe in me, and so that you may understand that I am the same. Before me, there was no god formed, and after me there will be none. (Isaiah 43, 10)
The wild beasts of the field will glorify me, with the serpents and the ostriches. For I have brought waters to the desert, rivers to inaccessible places, in order to give drink to my people, to my elect. (Isaiah 43, 20)
This is the people whom I have formed for myself. They will speak my praise. (Isaiah 43, 21)
And now, listen, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen. (Isaiah 44, 1)
Thus says the Lord, who made and formed you, your Helper from the womb: Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant and my most righteous, whom I have chosen. (Isaiah 44, 2)
Who is like me? Let him call out and announce it. And let him explain to me the order of things, since it is I who appointed the ancient people. The things of the near and the distant future, let him announce them. (Isaiah 44, 7)
I was angry with my people. I have polluted my inheritance, and I have given them into your hand. You have not shown mercy to them. You have greatly increased the burden of your yoke upon the elders. (Isaiah 47, 6)
Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver. I have chosen you for the furnace of poverty. (Isaiah 48, 10)
